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From reviews of Labour's Grass Roots: 'The material from the author's specially mounted representative survey of activists is clearly and crisply presented in a fashion which all students of politics will find readily accessible ... The book as a whole is thouht-provoking and germane to many of the debates currently being conducted within the Labour Party, and we should, indeed, look forward to a companion text on the Conservative Party.' Parliamentary Affairs 'Their material is unique and their methodology impeccable ... The authors have shone a torch into one of the least-explored areas of British politics.' Economist 'The whole report is well structured and clearly written ... informative in providing new and relevant information in a descriptive way.' ESRC Data Archive Bulletin 'Mrs Thatcher's memoirs caused a stir during the 1993 Tory gathering, but the impact of True Blues is likely to be more profound and lasting ... The authors of True Blues have conducted the most detailed survey to date of Conservative Party members ... they provoke fascinating speculations ... the importance of True Blues is beyond dispute.' Times Literary Supplement 'intriguing book ... it makes an important new contribution to the important debate about the role of parties by studying a subject that hardly anyone has treated seriously in the past ... as well as more than fulfilling its first promise of delivering vital intelligence on the opposition it is also an important contribution to a much wider debate about the role and importance of parties..' Renewal 'This book makes absolutely fascinating reading for any member of the Conservative Party. It has a rare quality in that it is a scholarly examination of the Conservative Party, long on facts and rhetoric free.' Campaigner, Magazine of the National Young Conservatives 'From now on there is less excuse for ignorance. Paul Whiteley, Patrick Seyd and Jeremy Richardson have conducted the first national survey of Conservative Party members ... This is all good, sound advice of the kind you might expect from a Guardian editorial - and hence likely to be ignored.' London Review of Books A major step forward in our understanding of the Conservative Party at the local level ... Readers will gain much statistical information from the book, and it will be quoted for years ahead as the only survey of its type into political attitudes. Contemporary Record An exhaustive reading of the statistical runes of the Tory membership, rounded off with their diagnosis of the party's current ills. New Statesman and Society This volume splendidly complements Seyd and Whiteley's earlier survey-based study of Labour Party members and joins the latter as simply indispensable for most members of EPOP ... it is something of a triumph that any large-scale survey of members has been successfully carried out and the high quality of the book is an added bonus. EPOP Newsletter

A rigorous and pathbreaking study.... --The EconomistFrom reviews of Labour's Grass Roots The material from the author's specially mounted representative survey of activists is clearly and crisply presented in a fashion which all students of politics will find readily accessible...The book as a whole is thouht-provoking and germane to many of the debates currently being conducted within the Labour Party, and we should, indeed, look forward to a companion text on the Conservative Party. --Parliamentary Affairs Their material is unique and their methodology impeccable...The authors have shone a torch into one of the least-explored areas of British politics. --The Economist The whole report is well structured and clearly written...informative in providing new and relevant information in a descriptive way. --ESRC Data Archive Bulletin

A rigorous and pathbreaking study.... --The Economist<br> From reviews of Labour's Grass Roots: The material from the author's specially mounted representative survey of activists is clearly and crisply presented in a fashion which all students of politics will find readily accessible...The book as a whole is thouht-provoking and germane to many of the debates currently being conducted within the Labour Party, and we should, indeed, look forward to a companion text on the Conservative Party. --Parliamentary Affairs<br> Their material is unique and their methodology impeccable...The authors have shone a torch into one of the least-explored areas of British politics. --The Economist<br> The whole report is well structured and clearly written...informative in providing new and relevant information in a descriptive way. --ESRC Data Archive Bulletin<br>

<br> A rigorous and pathbreaking study.... --The Economist<br>From reviews of Labour's Grass Roots: The material from the author's specially mounted representative survey of activists is clearly and crisply presented in a fashion which all students of politics will find readily accessible...The book as a whole is thouht-provoking and germane to many of the debates currently being conducted within the Labour Party, and we should, indeed, look forward to a companion text on the Conservative Party. --Parliamentary Affairs<br> Their material is unique and their methodology impeccable...The authors have shone a torch into one of the least-explored areas of British politics. --The Economist<br> The whole report is well structured and clearly written...informative in providing new and relevant information in a descriptive way. --ESRC Data Archive Bulletin<br>

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Patrick Seyd has lived and taught in Sheffield since 1970. He is the co-author, with Paul Whiteley, of Labour's Grass Roots (OUP, 1992) which sold over 2,000 copies. Paul Whiteley has previously taught at the University of Arizona and the University of Bristol. Jeremy Richardson is the editor of Pressure Groups (1993) which is a volume in Oxford Readings in Politics and Government,and co-author, with Sonia Mazey, of Lobbying in the European Community (OUP, 1993).

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